Trent Brown explains why he still has chip on his shoulder originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
As he heads into his eighth NFL season, his third with the New England Patriots, offensive tackle Trent Brown has accomplished plenty.
He was starting left tackle for the Patriots in Super Bowl LIII, the team’s most recent title, part of a season-long performance which he parlayed into a four-year, $66 million deal which made him — at the time — the NFL’s highest-paid offensive lineman with the Oakland Raiders.
Brown made his only Pro Bowl appearance in his first season with Oakland, spending one more season with the Raiders in Las Vegas before he was traded back to the Patriots. Not bad for a former seventh-round draft pick.
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With all of that in mind, Brown revealed part of the reason why he still has a chip on his shoulder while appearing on Barstool Sports’ Pardon My Take podcast on Wednesday, and it goes beyond…